diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6e1a94fe68..f6649933a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -96,4 +96,6 @@ dependencies.lock
 managed_components
 
 # pytest log
+pytest-embedded/
+# legacy one
 pytest_embedded_log/
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/host-test.yml b/.gitlab/ci/host-test.yml
index b939a57c55..b78bb7a7d8 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/host-test.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/host-test.yml
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ test_pytest_qemu:
     when: always
     paths:
       - XUNIT_RESULT.xml
-      - pytest_embedded_log/
+      - pytest-embedded/
     reports:
       junit: XUNIT_RESULT.xml
     expire_in: 1 week
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ test_pytest_linux:
     when: always
     paths:
       - XUNIT_RESULT.xml
-      - pytest_embedded_log/
+      - pytest-embedded/
     reports:
       junit: XUNIT_RESULT.xml
     expire_in: 1 week
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/target-test.yml b/.gitlab/ci/target-test.yml
index f0a30a932f..a02947c429 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/target-test.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/target-test.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     when: always
     paths:
       - XUNIT_RESULT.xml
-      - pytest_embedded_log/
+      - pytest-embedded/
     reports:
       junit: XUNIT_RESULT.xml
     expire_in: 1 week
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 70acd73394..06d273115c 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ addopts =
   --logfile-extension ".txt"
   --check-duplicates y
   --ignore-glob "*/managed_components/*"
+  --ignore pytest-embedded
 
 # ignore DeprecationWarning
 filterwarnings =
diff --git a/tools/ci/idf_ci_utils.py b/tools/ci/idf_ci_utils.py
index c8335a738d..d486ec3e2f 100644
--- a/tools/ci/idf_ci_utils.py
+++ b/tools/ci/idf_ci_utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # internal use only for CI
 # some CI related util functions
 #
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 import contextlib
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ import sys
 from contextlib import redirect_stdout
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, List, Optional, Set, Union
+from typing import Any
+from typing import List
+from typing import Optional
+from typing import Set
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import Union
 
 try:
     from idf_py_actions.constants import PREVIEW_TARGETS, SUPPORTED_TARGETS
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ except ImportError:
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from _pytest.python import Function
 
-IDF_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.getenv('IDF_PATH', os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..')))
+IDF_PATH: str = os.path.abspath(os.getenv('IDF_PATH', os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..')))
 
 
 def get_submodule_dirs(full_path: bool = False) -> List[str]: